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minus-squaretitanicx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoOnly Congress can declare war. Until then it’s a conflict.
minus-squarePrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-215 hours agoA war is a war whether the aggressor decides to officially call it that or not War - Noun -fighting, using soldiers and weapons, between two or more countries, or two or more groups inside a country - Cambridge Dictionary It’s just as much a war as Putin’s war in Ukraine is. The fact that Congress hasn’t gotten round to declaring it yet is moot
Only Congress can declare war. Until then it’s a conflict.
A war is a war whether the aggressor decides to officially call it that or not
War - Noun -fighting, using soldiers and weapons, between two or more countries, or two or more groups inside a country - Cambridge Dictionary
It’s just as much a war as Putin’s war in Ukraine is. The fact that Congress hasn’t gotten round to declaring it yet is moot